Why Aren't There More People Like Elon Musk?

David Senra, reading Elon Musk, passes on Musk's answer to why the world does not have more people like him: anyone who wants to be him, or to do what he has done, is probably mistaken. Long periods of Musk's life have been very painful and difficult, and the amount he tortures himself is next level.

He is wired for war, and the charge is to work like hell. The drive has to be a rage demon in the skull. He has kept at the work from a strong compulsion, burning the candle at both ends with a flamethrower for a very long time. Staying in a constant fight for survival, always in adrenaline mode, hurts you. To his 20-something self, he grants some merit to being less intense, enjoying the moment, and occasionally stopping to smell the roses.

The warning gets sharper. He guarantees that people who think they want to be him do not.